Five tips to avoid 'Messting'

'Messting' is the new term coined for ruining your life by sending text messages.

Golfer Tiger Woods is the latest entrant to the club of 'messting'.

His extra-marital affairs with a number of women were exposed through the messages he had sent to his mistresses.

So, to avoid falling from grace, a list of five things to think about before hitting 'send' has been advised, reports CBS News.

1. Love is temporary, text messages last forever.

2. How will I feel if this message is printed on the cover of a newspaper?

3. What will happen if this message gets forwarded to 100 people?

4. There is no such thing as a confidential communication (everybody tells at least one person).

5. Will the naked photo of myself I'm about to send hurt my ability to get a job?

Tell us about your SMS gaffes! Have you ever sent a message intended for a colleague to your boss? Or sent a private message only to find 10 other people know about it? Tell us about your 'messting' mistakes right here, on the messageboard below!